Emma Chapman Explained

Emma Chapman
Birth Name:Emma Olivia Woodfield[1]
Workplaces:Imperial College London
University College London
Alma Mater:Durham University (MPhys)
University College London (PhD)
Thesis Title:Seeing the Light: Foreground Removal in the Dark and Dim Ages
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626831
Thesis Year:2014
Known For:The 1752 Group
Website:https://dr-emma-chapman.com/
Awards:The Shell and Institute of Physics Award for the Very Early Career Woman Physicist (2014)
Royal Society Athena Prize (2018)

Emma Olivia Chapman (née Woodfield) is a British physicist and Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at Imperial College London. Her research investigates the epoch of reionization. She won the 2018 Royal Society Athena Prize.[2] In November 2020 Chapman published her first book, First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time.

Early life and education

Chapman achieved first class honours for a Master of Physics (MPhys) degree in Physics at Durham University in 2010.[3] [4] She completed her PhD, Seeing the Light: Foreground Removal in the Dark and Dim Ages,[5] at University College London. She won the University College London Chris Skinner Department of Physics and Astronomy Thesis Prize.[6] Chapman became concerned about PhD culture and how it impacts women.[7]

Research and career

Following her PhD, Chapman remained at University College London as a Square Kilometre Array funded postdoctoral researcher.[8] Chapman was awarded a Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellowship in 2013. She won the Institute of Physics Early Career Woman Physicist of the Year Award in 2014.[9] In 2018, Chapman was awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship by the Royal Society.[10]

Her research investigates the Epoch of Reionisation, the time in the universe when the stars began to radiate light.[11] Chapman works with the Low-Frequency Array telescope (LOFAR).[12] [13]

In 2017 Chapman was highly commended in the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards.[14] She was an invited speaker at the Cheltenham Science Festival.[15] She spoke about the first era of stars at the 2018 New Scientist Live.[16]

Chapman brought a successful lawsuit against University College London for sexual harassment through the law firm of Ann Olivarius. She settled the case for £70,000 and then campaigned against the use of gag-orders or "non-disclosure settlements."[17] As a result of her campaign, University College of London has abandoned non-disclosure settlements.[18]

The 1752 group

She has spoken about bias in science at the Royal Institution, Wellcome Collection and on the BBC.[19] [20] Chapman is a member of The 1752 Group, a lobbying group to end staff-student sexual harassment in academia.[21] [22] She was a keynote speaker on the topic at the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) International Conference for Women in Physics.[23] She partnered with the National Union of Students (NUS) to conduct a survey of staff-student sexual harassment.[24] They found that there was widespread misconduct in higher education and that institutions did not adequately support the victims.[25]

Publications

Chapman is author of one book:

Awards and honours

In 2018, Chapman was awarded the Royal Society Athena Prize for her work to end staff-student sexual harassment and bullying in academia.[26]

Personal life

Chapman had her first child during the last year of her PhD.[27] She has two children.[28]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20121019182521/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/star/people/ewoodfield. 2012-10-19. Emma Woodfield.
  2. Web site: Recipients of Royal Society medals and awards in 2018 announced. Royal Society. Anon. 2018. royalsociety.org. en-GB. 2018-07-19.
  3. Web site: Dr Emma Chapman. imperial.ac.uk. 2018-07-19.
  4. Shannon . Lisa . Mayne . Debbie . Class Notes . Dunelm Magazine . 4 August 2023 . 9 . 39 . 7 September 2023.
  5. PhD. University College London. Seeing the first light: a study of the Dark and Dim Ages. Emma Olivia. Chapman. 2014. . ucl.ac.uk. 894606246.
  6. Web site: UCL Astrophysics Group – PhD Students (Present & Past). zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk. 2018-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20100521011841/http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~idh/PhDstudents/StudentList.html. 2010-05-21.
  7. Web site: Culture for PhD students must change, says report by IOP and Royal Astronomical Society. 2015. Anon. Institute of Physics. iop.org. en-GB. 2018-07-19.
  8. News: Emma Chapman Curriculum Vitae. Emma. Chapman. 2017. dr-emma-chapman.com. 2018-07-19. en-US.
  9. Web site: UCL postdoc Emma Chapman wins Very Early Career Woman Physicist Award. Physics. Institute of. iop.org. en-GB. 2018-07-19.
  10. Web site: Royal Society announces Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows for 2018. 2019-02-12.
  11. News: About Me. 2017-01-24. Dr Emma Chapman. 2018-07-19. en-US.
  12. Yatawatta. S.. de Bruyn . A. G.. Brentjens. M. A.. Labropoulos. P.. Pandey. V. N.. Kazemi . S. . Zaroubi . S.. Koopmans. L. V. E.. Offringa. A. R.. Jelić. V.. Martinez Rubi. O. . Veligatla . V. . Wijnholds . S. J. . Brouw . W. N.. Bernardi. G.. Ciardi. B. . Daiboo. S.. Harker. G.. Mellema. G. . Schaye . J. . Thomas . R.. Vedantham. H. . Chapman . E.. Abdalla. F. B. . Alexov . A. . Anderson . J. . Avruch . I. M. . Batejat . F.. Bell. M. E.. Bell. M. R. . Bentum . M. . Best . P. . Bonafede . A. . Bregman . J. . Breitling . F. . van de Brink. R. H.. Broderick. J. W. . Brüggen. M.. Conway. J.. de Gasperin. F.. de Geus . E. . Duscha . S.. Falcke. H.. Fallows. R. A. . Ferrari. C.. Frieswijk. W.. Garrett. M. A.. Griessmeier. J. M. . Gunst. A. W. . Hassall . T. E.. Hessels. J. W. T. . Hoeft . M.. Iacobelli. M. . Juette . E. . Karastergiou . A. . Kondratiev. V. I. . Kramer . M. . Kuniyoshi. M.. Kuper. G.. van Leeuwen . J. . Maat . P. . Mann. G.. McKean. J. P. . Mevius . M.. Mol. J. D.. Munk. H. . Nijboer . R. . Noordam. J. E. . Norden . M. J. . Orru. E.. Paas . H.. Pandey-Pommier. M. . Pizzo. R. . Polatidis. A. G. . Reich. W.. Röttgering. H. J. A. . Sluman . J. . Smirnov . O.. Stappers. B.. Steinmetz. M.. Tagger. M.. Tang. Y.. Tasse. C.. ter Veen . S. . Vermeulen . R.. van Weeren. R. J.. Wise. M.. Wucknitz. O.. Zarka. P.. Initial deep LOFAR observations of epoch of reionization windows. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 550. 2013. A136. 0004-6361. 10.1051/0004-6361/201220874. 7 . 1301.1630 . 2013A&A...550A.136Y. 7637377.
  13. Chapman. Emma. Abdalla. Filipe B. . Harker . Geraint . Jelić. Vibor. Labropoulos. Panagiotis. Zaroubi. Saleem. Brentjens. Michiel A.. de Bruyn. A. G.. Koopmans. L. V. E.. Foreground removal using FastICA: a showcase of LOFAR-EoR. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 423. 3. 2012. 2518–2532. 0035-8711. 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21065.x. free . 1201.2190. 2012MNRAS.423.2518C. 73608064.
  14. Web site: 3 Asian women win L'Oreal Unesco Women in Science 2017 Fellowships - New Asian Post. newasianpost.com. en-US. 2018-07-19. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233513/https://www.newasianpost.com/3-asian-women-win-loreal-unesco-women-science-2017-fellowships/. dead.
  15. Web site: Beyond Light: The Future Of Astronomy - Cheltenham Festivals. Cheltenham Festivals. en. 2018-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233626/https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2018/beyond-light-the-future-of-astronomy/. 2018-07-19. dead.
  16. News: Emma Chapman. New Scientist Live 2018. 2018-07-19. en-GB. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719234039/https://live.newscientist.com/speakers/emma-chapman. dead.
  17. "University College London tried to gag me over two-year 'harassment' fight, scientist claims," Evening Standard, 3 July 2018; "UK universities face 'gagging order' criticism," BBC, 17 April 2019.
  18. "Sex harassment victims force University College London to end gagging orders," The Times, 28 July 2018.
  19. News: How do we Solve Science's Problem with Women? Imperial News Imperial College London. Imperial News. 2018-07-19. en-GB.
  20. Web site: The Everyday Effect of Unconscious Bias, All in the Mind - BBC Radio 4. BBC. en-GB. 2018-07-19.
  21. News: About Us. 2016-07-13. The 1752 Group. 2018-07-19. en-US.
  22. Web site: Sexual harassment 'at epidemic levels' in UK universities. Bannock. Caroline. Weale. Sally. 2017-03-05. The Guardian. en. 2018-07-19. Batty. David.
  23. Anon. 2017. More universities must confront sexual harassment: Too many institutions give low priority to tackling sexual misconduct in science.. Nature. en. 547. 7664. 379. 10.1038/547379a. 28748954. 0028-0836. 2017Natur.547Q.379.. free.
  24. News: National Union of Students launch survey into sexual misconduct at UK universities. Fyles. Fred S. 2018-07-19. en-us.
  25. News: Study finds higher education rife with sexual misconduct. Leggett. Frank. 2018-07-19. en-us.
  26. Web site: Royal Society awards go to four IOP Members and Fellows. Anon. Institute of Physics. iop.org. en-GB. 2018-07-19.
  27. Web site: How to control your career as a female physicist: Nature jobs. blogs.nature.com. en-US. 2018-07-19. Emma. Chapman. 2015. 5 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180805134419/http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2015/12/16/how-to-control-your-career-as-a-female-physicist/. dead.
  28. Web site: "On my astronomical scales, things are changing: women are being let in" . Jessica . Wade . Imperial News . Imperial College London . 6 March 2017 . 24 July 2018.

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